Katakana word

ベーsu “bass” in Japanese

bēsu

Character by character

  1. be
  2. stretches the sound before it
  3. su

ベース is made of 2 katakana sounds and 1 long-vowel mark. It reads bēsu.

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リズム

rizumu — rhythm · breakdown →

ギター

gitā — guitar · breakdown →

マイク

maiku — microphone · breakdown →

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